Chapter 667 Lost Badly

After briefly completing his report, Xie Liancheng was left in the City Lord's Mansion by Yan Sheng to rest.

They say that the conditions in the City Lord's Mansion are better and will help the general recover.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to make it easier to monitor him.

After all, Yan Sheng is not stupid, he also knows that his country is unstable at the moment.

At this time, if Jie Liancheng does something weird to him again, it would be even more terrible. He must keep a close eye on him!

Little did they know that the man responsible for causing this incident had already blended into the citizens of Blackrock City.

At first, Kong Daqian thought his task would be very difficult.

When we got here, we found that the people's panic and dissatisfaction had already accumulated to a certain extent due to food and conscription issues.

Under this premise, the government also adopted the simplest and most brutal method of military deterrence to suppress these problems, but it also made the potential problems bigger.

Kong Daqian was a smart man who was eloquent and good at speaking. Moreover, he was originally from this place, so he didn't feel out of place when he integrated into the crowd. With his eloquent tongue, he became familiar with people in no time.

After a few words, I had a pretty good understanding of the situation here.

"But the government said that if we wait a few days, the autumn harvest will be distributed. The food in the country is enough for us to survive the winter, so there is no need to be too nervous."

Before they knew it, quite a few people had gathered in the alley where people were chatting. An old man's words raised a few voices of agreement.

After hearing this, Kong Daqian rolled his eyes and acted as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

The old man opposite saw it and immediately urged...

"Lao Zhang, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so hesitant."

Lao Zhang was the pseudonym Kong Daqian gave himself. He acted like this in order to give people a reason to talk. Now that he had the chance, after pretending to be entangled and hesitating for a while, he sighed heavily...

"Since we are all acquainted, I will remind you that if the grain store has grain in stock, you should buy as much as you can."

After saying that, Kong Daqian stopped talking again, but the people around him had already been whetted by him, and now they were all scratching their heads anxiously.

"Old Zhang, have you heard any rumors? Tell us right away."

"Alas! This is hard to talk about! If it gets out, you'll lose your head."

As Kong Daqian spoke, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

However, when the people around saw this, instead of being frightened, they became more curious.

"Hurry up and tell us. There's no one here. We promise not to tell anyone else. If anyone tells anyone else after hearing this, God will strike you with lightning. Your son will be born without an anus!"

Everyone around responded, and Kong Daqian, seeing this, immediately took advantage of the situation and started talking.

"Then let's make a deal. I'm going to say this here, and no one is allowed to tell anyone else."

"Just tell us now! We are keeping our mouths shut!"

"Okay, I'll be frank. I'm a farmer. Because of the war this year, both spring ploughing and autumn harvest have been affected. The grain output is even less than in the past two years. You guys can calculate the time. What time is it now? The first batch of new grain should have arrived long ago, but it hasn't arrived yet!"

Kong Daqian was indeed a farmer, which made his talk about this matter sound logical and well-founded, and the people around him nodded frequently.

"Why do you think this is? Because the first batch of food has not even been harvested yet!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd suddenly became agitated.

But at the same time, some people raised objections.

"But the government has said that new grain will arrive soon."

"Yes, the government has spoken."

Kong Daqian was well prepared for this question. He just sneered...

"Do you really believe it?"

"What do you mean?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, there should be some food arriving by then, but that's just a cover!"

Without waiting for them to ask questions, Kong Daqian revealed the answer himself.

"There won't be much food coming up. The food stores will definitely limit the amount. Every household will only be able to buy enough food for two or three days at most, and it will be sold out in no time. Most people will still not be able to buy food."

"When the time comes, they will say that this batch of food has been sold out and we need to wait for the next batch. We need everyone to be patient and wait."

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Kong Daqian's words made the people around him a little confused. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with them.

Kong Daqian realized this and continued talking without further delay...

"The key point is this waiting! I'm going to say this, most of this batch of new grain will be taken away by the higher-ups as military rations. After all, as everyone knows, that person has already issued a conscription order to gather 10,000 troops to go to war! This is just the beginning, who knows how long this war will last?"

"Once the war starts, the food available to ordinary people like us will become less and less, and everyone will have to wait longer and longer!"

"Besides that, there are also those officials. They will definitely take away a lot of food. How much will be left for ordinary people like us in the end?"

The people here may not be smart, but they are certainly not stupid. Especially when Kong Daqian has said this, the people around him have reacted one after another.

The people are well aware of what happened before. Now, according to Kong Daqian, the above approach is simply to give them some hope and let them have some expectations so that they can do their duty and not cause trouble.

But if there really is a problem with food, then what awaits them may be a famine.

"But, but your majesty has already summoned an army of 10,000. It shouldn't take much time to win the battle, right? By then..."

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Kong Daqian's sneer.

"That's because you don't know. Your Majesty has hit a wall this time. When he mobilized in early spring, the Huangsha City guarded by General Long Zhantian fell directly. He retreated all the way here, and then he gathered troops to fight again, but he lost again and ran back in disgrace."

In the crowd, every time Kong Daqian spoke, the air pressure around them dropped a little bit. Invisible panic was slowly growing in everyone's hearts.

"The third time, His Majesty ordered not only to gather troops, but also to bring General Jie Liancheng to lead the army in person! Guess what the result was?"

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At this moment, the low pressure around them had made everyone lose the desire to respond.

But Kong Daqian didn't care about that and revealed the answer directly.

"General Long Zhantian is dead, and General Jie Liancheng was unable to defeat the enemy! Your Majesty escaped first, and thousands of people died. It was a terrible loss!"

(End of this chapter)